DataVisor

Project and Release Manager - Canada

DataVisor • $100K — $150K *
Toronto, ON M4E 3Y1In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM discipline, or relevant software experience
  • Hands-on experience in technical system operations
  • Experience with enterprise cloud software
  • Proficient understanding of agile methodologies and Jira administration
  • Ability to decompose complex projects into manageable milestones
  • Strong collaborative skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Detail-oriented, resourceful, proactive, and accountable
  • Bilingual in English and Chinese is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end sprint process for engineering teams as Scrum Master
  • Own and analyze engineering operation metrics for productivity and efficiency
  • Coordinate QA testing efforts to align with release schedules
  • Control system release scope based on engineering progress and product demands
  • Drive special engineering projects between cross teams
  • Oversee the system release process and manage communication with customer service teams
  • Manage incident response processes and postmortems
  • Facilitate regular status meetings and prepare reports for senior leadership

Benefits

  • Work remotely
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Health benefits
  • Retirement plan
Full Job Description
What You Will Be Doing:
  • Scrum master: Be able to manage and drive end-to-end sprint process for various engineering teams, facilitate product managers and engineering managers to conduct sprint planning, clarify requirements and prioritize tasks, drive team stand-up, monitor development progress, coordinate cross-team collaborations, organize QA testing and drive bug resolution; Work with stakeholders to deliver product new features and improvements on time and in high quality
  • Engineering operation metrics runner: Own and run metrics for the entire engineering team to monitor team and individual's development productivity and support efficiency. Deliver and analyze the metric every sprint and drive the improvement initiatives
  • QA testing coordinator: Coordinate QA efforts for engineering developments and bug fixing in order to meet the system release schedule
  • System release scope controller: Per engineers' development progress and product managers' demands, keep track control the system release scope for both quarterly main release and ad-hoc hot fixes. Become the go-to person of what will be released, and more importantly, drive engineers to line up with the release schedule, manage code cherry-picks, manage different code branches
  • Drive cross-team special engineering projects
  • System release facilitator and organizer: Own system release process, organize and oversee each system release activities with hands-on leadership. Manage the engineering war room and customer service team communications. Effectively anticipate and plan for risks and contingencies, proactively documenting and communicating them to stakeholders
  • Drive the incident response process, handling communications and postmortems to mitigate similar problems in the future
  • Facilitate and participate in regular status meetings to capture meeting minutes, drive follow-ups and prepare status reports for senior leadership

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM discipline or experience in software environment
  • Hands-on technical system operation experiences
  • Hands-on enterprise cloud software experiences
  • Experience with good understanding of agile software development methodology, e.g. Scrum. Good experience with Jira at the administrator level
  • Ability to break down complex projects and requirements into trackable milestones
  • Ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels within an organization
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Obsession with process, deadlines and accountability
  • Resourceful, detailed-oriented, self-motivated and proactive mentality

Bonus Points
  • Background in machine learning or data science
  • Familiarity with cloud services (AWS etc.) and/or big data infrastructure
  • Skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, and transparency

Benefits
  • Work remotely, PTO, Health Benefits, Retirement Plan.
  • Salary Range: CAD 100K to 150K

About DataVisor

DataVisor is an artificial intelligence company that provides fraud detection and prevention solutions for financial services, e-commerce, and social platforms. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. DataVisor uses machine learning algorithms to analyze large amounts of data and detect fraudulent activities in real-time. The company's solutions can help businesses reduce fraud losses, improve customer experience, and increase operational efficiency. DataVisor has partnerships with major financial institutions and e-commerce companies and is backed by several venture capital firms.
Learn more about DataVisor
Size
200 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2013
* Ladders Estimates

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